{"id":432,"date":"2012-08-02T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T20:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthyfootnotes.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2020-08-17T15:35:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T22:35:43","slug":"shoes-for-metatarsalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/shoes-for-metatarsalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Feet: Metatarsalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although <a title=\"Ball of Foot Pain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/aches-and-pains\/ball-of-foot-pain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ball of foot pain <\/a>is more common in women, it may also affect men. Inflammation and ball of foot pain (metatarsalgia) is a symptom of other conditions \u2013 often overuse injuries from high-impact sports or problems from poorly fitting shoes or high heels. Other possible contributors are excess weight, certain toe shapes, and hammertoes and <a title=\"Bunions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/aches-and-pains\/bunions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bunions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PU_wfiTJE1s]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ball of foot pain chain reaction.<\/strong>Rotation and dropping (plantar flexion) of the metatarsal bones along with excess pronation may result. Soft-tissue structures, such as ligaments and muscle, may also weaken. Sometimes a callus\u00a0develops in the center of the foot and footwear may wear out in a similar area. Calluses cause a burning sensation and can cause severe ball of foot pain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relieving ball of foot pain. <\/strong>Orthotics\u00a0can align the central three metatarsal shafts to correctly maintain the metatarsal bone position. Balancing the weight over the five metatarsal bones helps reduce impact and friction, a common cause of the callus and burning pain in feet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/womens-shoes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6887\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Shoes-for-Women-General-CTA-2.jpg\" alt=\" shop-comfortable-shoes-for-women\" width=\"998\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Shoes-for-Women-General-CTA-2.jpg 998w, https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Shoes-for-Women-General-CTA-2-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.vionicshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Shoes-for-Women-General-CTA-2-768x180.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"more-link\" id=\"excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/shoes-for-metatarsalgia\/\">Read More &gt;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-science-technology","dwtl normal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6888,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/6888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}